Car-coupling



(No Model.)

T. W. PELTON.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 480,456. Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

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TOMMAS WESLEY FELTON, OF SAN GABRIEL, TEXAS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,456, dated August9, 1892.

Application filed March 31, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TOMMAS WESLEY FEL- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at San Gabriel, in the county of Milam and State ofTexas, have inventeda new and useful Oar-Coupling, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incar-couplings; and it consists in the construction and arrangement ofthe parts thereof, as will be more fully hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and effective deviceof this character having a partial automatic operation in coupling, andin case of accident or breakage the said device is adapted to be usedafter the manner of an ordinary car-coupling.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion ofa car, showing my improved coupling applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents alongitudinal vertical section of two couplings shown connected. Fig. 3is a detail perspective view of the locking-dog. Fig. 4 is asimilar viewof the connecting-link.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a draw-head suitably connectedto a draw-bar attached to a car. The said draw-head is formed with alink opening or recess in the end thereof, whose upper rear portion isbeveled, as at B, and also having slots B, arranged at an angle ofinclination in the sides of said draw-head. Within the said drawhead adog 0 is located, having arms 0 proj ecting through said slot B andwhich may be provided with suitable handles for operating the dog, orhave extension-rods connected therewith and running to the top or sidesof the car, as will be readily understood in devices of this class. Thedog 0 is made wedge shape, and the slots B are constructed of suchlength as to permit the withdrawal of said dog to and from thedraw-head. Said draw-head is also provided with holes for the receptionof a pin D, adapted to be used when the said dog and its connectionsbecome disarranged or broken.

The coupling-link E is employed in connection with the couplinghereinbefore set forth, and is constructed with shouldered heads E to beengaged by the deg C, and also having Serial No. 427,308. (No model.)

slots E therein to adapt said link to be used with the coupling pin D,hereinbefore set forth. The under faces of the ends of said link arebeveled, as at E to provide for an easy engagement of the link with thedog. The link, having been connected to one drawhead by having the dog Cthereof take into the shouldered head E, is brought up to the adjacentdraw-head and the uncoupled end pushed under the opposingly-situated dog0 to thereby raise the same, and after the shouldered head E has passedunder the edge of said dog 0 the latter drops down by its weight orgravity and takes into said shouldered head of the coupling-link. Thesaid link is prevented thereby from becoming disengaged, as saidshouldered head thereof pulls directly against the rear of the said dogand draws it down at an angle of inclination, and at the sametimeforcing said link against the bottom of the draw-head. The verticalmovement of the link is limited by the upper rear beveled portion B ofthe draw-head and prevents any possibility of a misplaced engagementwith the dog. The dog 0 when in looking position extends downward such adistance as to prevent the head of the link from slipping under thesame. The draw head with which this construction of coupler is employedis very slightly changed from the ordinary form of draw-head, it beingonly necessary to form the slots B and provide the dog 0 and link Econstructed as set forth, thereby rendering it practicable to apply theconstruction to draw-heads already in use by a very simple operation.Both lateral and vertical motions are compensated for in theconstruction of coupling presented by me herein, and it is obviouslyapparent that many minor changes in the details of construction andarrangement of parts might be made without in the least departing fromthe nature or spirit of my invention.

One of the principal advantages of the coupling herein set forth residesin the capability of the link to uncouple itself from the draw-head whenthe cars are turned over, as in case of a wreck. This is accomplished bythe rounded construction of the sides of the link, which, when turnedover sidewise, will raise the dog and disengage the shoulder of the linktherefrom, thereby preventing pulling of one car down with another carwhich might be overturned.

The dog 0 may be varied in shape independent of that set forth and workwith equal eiiiciency in connection with the link.

By means of the ready disengagement of the link under the circumstancesheretofore noted loss of property and life is prevented.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- In acar-coupling, the combination of a draw-head having slots in the sidesthereof arranged at an angle of inclination, a dog of wedge shapemounted in said draw-head and

